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I make my way down the steps and turn back watching everyone else come down.
Kattnis Cressida Peeta Pollux Flynn Gale
That's all that's left of us.
I look back up the steps and watch as Tigris closes the door. Cressida tries to comfort Pollux as he cries, then she walks over to Gale "Gale gonna need stitches" she says
I look at Kattnis before we both turn back to the group "We made it up. All of it" I tell them "There is no special mission, it's only our plan." Kattnis says "Everyone that's dead is dead because of me" I say "Because of us. We lied" Kattnis says "We know, we all knew" Cressida says "But Jackson-" Kattnis starts to say "She knew. You really believe jackson thought you had orders from coin? She trusted Boggs and he clearly wanted you both to go on." She tells us "I never meant for this to happen. I failed I..." Kattnis says trailing off "I'm sorry Pollux. I'm so sorry." I say "Glimmer, marvel, mags, clove, Wiress, rue, Cinna. What do all those deaths mean?" Peeta asks "They mean that our lives were never ours. There was no real life because we didn't have any choice. Our lives belong to Snow and so do our deaths. But if you kill him. If you end all of this, all those deaths, they mean something." Peeta says "Camilla, London, Roman, Boggs, castor, jackson, Finnick. They chose this. They chose you." Flynn says looking up at me
After a little bit I had stitched up Gale, helped cleaned wounds or cuts on Pollux, Cressida, Flynn, Peeta, and Kattnis. I didn't want to do nothing, I felt like if I just sat there that I was nothing. The deaths were my fault no matter what anyone says I will always think that. Finnick is dead because of me. He won't get to have a life with Annie. None of them will get to have a life. Because of me.
I finally sit down next to Flynn and make sure all of his cuts are clean again. "You don't have to do this you know" he tells me "Do what?" I ask looking around to see if anyone else needed anything "That. Helping everyone else when you haven't even helped yourself. You do that when you think it's your fault. You think you need to be doing something to help someone just to make up for it, even if it means you don't help yourself for days." He tells me I turn to look at him trying to find words to say "I guess you do remember some of the good stuff" I smile "But it is my fault, all those people, all the innocent people that died, that was because of me. Finnick-" I say then take a breath so I don't start crying "Finnick won't be able to live a life with Annie, and that's on my hands. Boggs life, castors life, Jackson's life, all of them are on me." I tell him "But they're not. You dig yourself into this hole that you can't get yourself out of. You put everything on your shoulders even if it's not yours to carry. They made the choice to come, they made the choice to follow you" he tells me
"I made the choice to follow you princess" he tells me and I felt my heart stop beating. "What?" I ask him with tears in my eyes "They gave us the choice to come, Peeta and I both wanted to be here. I wanted to be here with you" he tells me "Everything is blurry and mixed up in my mind, but when- when I'm with you everything seems to fall into place, it all just gets clearer. And when I talk to you I just know what's real and what's not real. I know that this... this is real" he tells me grabbing my hand Tears start to fall out of my eyes "Yeah. Yeah is it" I manage to say I lean my head against his shoulder as he holds me in his arms. "Sing" he mumbles "Huh?" I ask not fully hearing him "This is the part where you sing. I remember it. The night before both games, you lay your head on my shoulder on the balcony. You sang in both of those memory's" he tells me I smile at the memory's before doing as he asked
"It started out as a feeling Which then grew into a hope Which then turned into a quiet thought Which then turned into a quiet word
And then that word grew louder and louder 'Til it was a battle cry I'll come back When you call me No need to say goodbye
Just because everything's changing Doesn't mean it's never been this way before All you can do is try to know who your friends are As you head off to the war
Pick a star on the dark horizon And follow the light You'll come back When it's over No need to say goodbye You'll come back When it's over No need to say goodbye
Now we're back to the beginning It's just a feeling and no one knows yet But just because they can't feel it too Doesn't mean that you have to forget
Let your memories grow stronger and stronger 'Til they're before your eyes You'll come back When they call you No need to say goodbye You'll come back When they call you No need to say goodbye" I finish singing as I see everyone around smiling before we try to get some sleep.
I quickly jump awake hearing something above us. "Mortar shells. It's not ours. Peacekeepers must be shoving the rebels outside of the city." Gale says "That's not outside the city." Cressida shakes her head
"Suns coming up. There's some small arms fire, could be Paylor maybe the line. Rebels are close." Gale says walking back down the stairs "This is it" Cressida mumbles before I could speak up a screen pops up in front of us
"To all Capitol citizens, more than a half mile outside the city circle, I am announcing a mandatory evacuation. Come to the mansion. I am promising you shelter and sanitary. All refugees, come to my home. There you will be provided food, medicine, safety for your children, and you will have my solemn oath to protect you until my dying breath." Snow days "We should hurry up with that last part" Kattnis says "Our enemy not like us, they do not share our values, they have never known are comfort and sophistication. And they despise us for it. Make no mistake they're not coming to liberate us. They are coming to destroy our way of life. They are coming to bury us." Snow says "Is he still in the mansion?" I ask "Flynn? Peeta?" I ask "Yeah. I recognize the room" Flynn answers "Where is that?" I ask opening the map "About 5 blocks away. We're right here, the avenues mansions here." She says "What about pods?" I ask "Well they'll probably deactivate the pods around here for the residents safety." She tells us "That could work" Kattnis nods "We could get close enough" I add "Every peacekeepers going to be waiting" Gale says "Next to our faces on every billboard" Cressida adds "Snows offering shelter to all the refugees" Kattnis tells them "This will work" I nod before standing up
